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Teams Brooks (l) and Mansfield, winners of the European
Father & Son Golf Championships 2018
Montecastillo at dusk
eams
from
England
dominated
the
10th
anniversary staging of
the European Father &
Son Golf Championships
which culminated on
October 27 in wonderful
sunny conditions at the
Montecastillo Golf Resort in the gol¿ ng
paradise of Andalucia in southern Spain. Ken
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Mans¿ eld and son, Tom, from the London
Golf Club in Kent took top honours in the
Handicap Championship ahead of Steve
Clarke and his Golf Professional son, Lee,
from Longcliffe Golf Club in Leicester. With
around 15 teams in contention in the ¿ nal
round, the Mans¿ elds’ policy of not checking
the leaderboard, clearly paid off as they
cruised to a three-shot victory. Playing in the
tournament for just the second time, father
2018
The stunning Montecastillo Golf Resort in Andalucia
Ken was hugely emotional and overcome,
virtually collapsing from the competition
pressure on the 18th green. Meanwhile in the
Scratch competition, Martyn and Jack Brooks
from Lancashire’s Pleasington Golf Club and
the Mere Golf Resort & Spa in Cheshire
respectively secured the title following a
tense sudden-death play-off with the Clarkes.
Despite golf professional, Lee Clarke,
recording a 6-under par round on the ¿ nal